Our GMAT instructors are students Econometrics, Mathematics or students who are doing a technical study. They have all scored at least 95% on the Quantitative section of the GMAT, GRE or a similar computer test.

We advise you to start with quantitative at least two weeks after finishing the basic course. This is neccessary to give you enough time to understand the subjects from the basic course and to prepare yourself for the quantitative course. So make sure to follow them consecutively.

The basis course is there to refresh your mathematic knowledge and prepare you for the Quantitative course. In the Quantitative course we discuss all mathematical topics of the GMAT and you'll learn strategic shortcuts.

Quantitative course (4 sessions of 3 hours)

The quantitative course is all about important GMAT traps and shortcuts to avoid these traps. But we want to emphasize that a high GMAT score is not achieved just by knowing some 'tricks'. Your theoretical knowledge of the GMAT topics is the foundation of your preparation.

Yes, it is very important that you prepare yourself for every session. It allows us to make the session more difficult on all the topics. It allows you to ask questions on topics that were difficult during your preparation. You have to prepare yourself at least two days or more for every session.

No, you don't need books for the quantitative course. All subjects can be found on our online platform. You have 6 months access to the platform as a Mindful GMAT student. If you still want to buy books, we recommend the Quantitative Manhattan GMAT Guides during the quantitative course. In the past years we worked with a lot of different books and discovered that these books are the best to use for this course. They also give you access to six online GMAT practice tests. Besides the Manhattan GMAT Guides and Kaplan.

Online GMAT course

Our online GMAT course is for anyone who wants to prepare thoroughly for all subjects of the GMAT (Verbal, Quant, AWA & IR). Our students vary from (pre-) master students to young professionals who want to do an MBA.

GMAT test

The GMAT is a university entrance test for Master's and MBA programs. The GMAT is a computer test of 3.5 hours and consists of four parts. Your scores on the Quantitative and Verbal section determine your final GMAT score of 200-800 . See this page of our sister organization Mindful GMAT for a detailed description of the four sections of the GMAT.

In the Netherlands, you can do the GMAT in Amsterdam or Utrecht. Düsseldorf is the nearest city to do the GMAT when you live close to Maastricht. You can register yourself for the GMAT on mba.com. We recommend you to book your GMAT 4 weeks before you want to do it, because in busy periodes the available places can fill up quickly.

Your GMAT score is valid for 5 years. However, some universities require that you have completed your GMAT 2 years or less before the registration. Check this well at the university where you want to register yourself.

You will receive your unofficial GMAT score right on the test day. Withing 20 days your GMAT score becomes official. At most universities, you can already sign up with your unofficial score. Important if you sign up at the University of Maastricht: Maastricht University (UM) only takes official GMAT scores into consideration. Make sure you make your GMAT at least two weeks before your registration deadline.

Yes. You can make the GMAT several times, but there have to be at least 16 calendar days between the attempts. Universities only take the highest score into consideration: they understand that the GMAT is very hard and you might need to do it twice in order to reach your target score.

Registration

Most of the Dutch students prepare themselves 6 to 8 weeks. Your personal preparation time depends on your math background, the GMAT score you want to achieve and how quickly you understand the subject material.

We offer the opportunity to help with volunteering projects with a high impact on society. You get a discount on your GMAT course when you use your talents for two days at social volunteering project organized by Nederland Cares. When you register yourself and use this discount, you will receive an email with data to register yourself for these projects.

At least 4 weeks before the course starts, the student may cancel the course at any time. The student will get the full course fee back excluding € 22.50 administration fee. We will only give you the administrative costs back if the student wants to cancel the course when Mindful GMAT cancelled that course and it is impossible for the student to follow the course on different days.

The student will get 50% of the course fee back excluding administrative costs. We won't give you the administrative costs back if the student wants to cancel the course when Mindful GMAT cancelled that course and it is impossible for the student to follow the course on different days.

Our courses always start when there are at least four students. Force Majeure (Situations beyond your control) could result in a cancellation of the course by giving the full course fee back. This situation is extremely rare for Mindful GMAT because we work with flexible instructors.

Other FAQs

Yes, we have been certified as an educational institute in the CRKBO. An ISO auditor has audited our organization. They checked the content of the course, the qualifications of our course developers and the internal processes, like our evaluation process and the way we develop new material. After both personal and written audit rounds, we received the CRKBO quality mark and got exempt from VAT. You can check this at the CRKBO register (search for Mindful GMAT / GMAT Holland)

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